CINCINNATI BENGALS One Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 621-3550 administrative offices (513) 621-3570 administrative fax (513) 621-TDTD (8383) ticket office www.bengals.com WEEKLY NEWS RELEASE NOV. 26, 2019 WEEK 13, GAME 12 NEW YORK JETS (4-7) SUNDAY, DEC. 1 AT PAUL BROWN STADIUM AT NEXT WEEK: CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-11) DEC. 8 AT CLEVELAND GAME NOTES Kickoff: 1 p.m. Eastern. “We gave up one big play, but other than that we played pretty good football,” said LB Nick Vigil. “But it’s not winning football. We haven’t won this Television: The game will air on CBS-TV. In Cincinnati, it will be carried season, so we still need to do a better job on defense.” by WKRC-TV (Ch. 12). Broadcasters are Spero Dedes (play-by-play) and Adam Added Dunlap: “The result is that we lost. We don’t prepare to lose. Now, we Archuleta (analyst). have to turn our focus and preparation toward beating the Jets.” The Jets enter Sunday’s contest on a three-game winning streak, and stand Radio: The game will air on the Bengals Radio Network, led by Cincinnati 4-7 on the season after earning a lopsided 34-3 win over the Oakland Raiders flagship stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and last week. WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). The series: The Jets lead, 17-9, including 2-0 in first-round playoff games in Cincinnati in the 1982 and 2009 seasons. The Bengals lead 6-5 in all Setting the scene: The Bengals this week host the N.Y. Jets on games played between the two teams in Cincinnati. Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. Cincinnati is still in search of its first win of the The Bengals have won the last two meetings, 49-9 at Cincinnati in 2013, and season, after falling 16-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers at home last week. 23-22 at New York in ’16. That most recent win at MetLife Stadium in ’16 was the “Crushing,” said Bengals head coach Zac Taylor of his team’s narrow loss. Bengals’ first victory over the Jets in New York since 1981. “Our guys fought tooth and nail until the last whistle, and for that not to go in our Complete Bengals-Jets series results are on page 208 of the 2019 Bengals favor kills the guys in our locker room. We felt like we could win that game. media guide. “It’s just defeating to lose. Period. I don’t really care about the stats or the records. When you’re competitive and you’ve put everything you’ve got into it, Team bests from the series: losing is the worst feeling there is.” Bengals — MOST POINTS: 52, in a 52-21 win in 1986 at Cincinnati. Less than 24 hours after Sunday’s score went final, Taylor announced at his LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 40, in a 49-9 win at Cincinnati in 2013. FEWEST Monday news conference that Andy Dalton will return to the starting QB role this POINTS ALLOWED: 3, in the 42-3 win in ’76. Sunday against the Jets. Dalton, the Bengals’ all-time leader in career passer Jets — MOST POINTS: 44, in a 44-17 playoff victory at Cincinnati in the rating (88.0), 300-yard passing games (27) and winning percentage as a starter 1982 season. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 37, in a 37-0 win at the (.539; 68-58-2), started the first eight games of the season before moving to a Meadowlands in 2009. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 0, in the ’09 win at the reserve role during Cincinnati’s Week 9 bye. Rookie Ryan Finley, a fourth-round Meadowlands. pick of the Bengals in May, started Games 9-11 but failed to find the win column. “It’s in the best interest of this football team to do this and get Andy back out The last meetings: Summaries of the last two Bengals-Jets there,” Taylor said. “We’re going to face some good defenses these next couple meetings — in 2013 at Cincinnati, and in ’16 at New York — are on page 14 of of weeks. They present a lot of challenges, and we feel like he’s going to give us this news release. the opportunity to win the game.” Although Cincinnati is still winless on the season, the team has shown marked improvement in several areas since Oct. 27, when Andy Dalton last took BENGALS-JETS NFL RANKINGS the field. Perhaps the most significant improvement has been the team’s rushing BENGALS JETS attack, which has averaged 5.0 yards per attempt (416 yards on 83 carries) over SCORING (AVERAGE POINTS): the last three weeks, after averaging just 2.9 through the first seven games. HB Points scored................................................. 31st (14.3) 27th (18.0) Joe Mixon, who led the AFC in rushing a year ago (1168 yards) but was Points allowed .............................................. 27th (26.5) 20th (23.5) averaging just 36.3 yards per game heading into Dalton’s last start, has NET OFFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): averaged 93 yards on the ground over the last three weeks, good for the Total ........................................................... 26th (303.2) 31st (262.1) third-most rushing yards (279) and second-most carries (63) in the NFL over Rushing ........................................................ 28th (81.1) 30th (73.5) that span. Passing ....................................................... 20th (222.1) 31st (188.5) The Bengals’ defense has also shown recent improvement. Cincinnati has NET DEFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): held each of its last two opponents under 20 points, and has allowed just one TD Total .......................................................... 32nd (417.3) T-8th (321.1) in the last six quarters. The defense also has six sacks over the last two weeks, Rushing ..................................................... 32nd (166.4) 1st (78.1) after taking five games to reach the six-sack mark earlier this season. Passing ........................................................ 21st (250.9) 19th (243.0) “Defensively, we seem to be getting better as the season progresses,” said TURNOVERS: DE Carlos Dunlap. “But we play the game to win. We come here each week and Differential ............................................. 31st (minus-12) T-25th (minus-5) prepare to win, and we haven’t won yet. We must continue to make strides in order to win.” Bengals career records watch: Here is a look at potential Outside of a 79-yard TD pass by the Steelers, the improvement of the upcoming movement in the Bengals’ career records book (regular season): Bengals’ defense was on full display last week. Cincinnati recorded three sacks ● QB Andy Dalton has 197 career TD passes, tied with QB Ken Anderson (with four additional QB hits) and an INT, and held Pittsburgh to five-of-16 (31 (197) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. percent) on third downs, while allowing zero TDs on four Steelers trips to the ● Dalton has 2647 career completions, seven shy of Anderson (2654) for red zone. the Bengals’ all-time lead. — 1 — (Bengals career records watch, continued) ● TE Tyler Eifert: One game; Two receptions for 23 yards (11.5). ● TE C.J. Uzomah: One game; Two receptions for 59 yards (29.5). ● Dalton has 4259 career pass attempts, 216 behind Anderson (4475) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. Bengals-Jets connections: Jets DL Jordan Willis was originally ● WR A.J. Green has 63 career receiving TDs, three behind WR Chad a third-round draft pick of the Bengals in 2017, and was with Cincinnati through Johnson (66) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. the 2019 preseason ... Jets RB Le’Veon Bell is from Reynoldsburg, Ohio ● Green has 63 total TDs, one short of WR Carl Pickens and RB James (Groveport Madison High School) ... Bengals LS Clark Harris is from Brooks (both with 64) for third place all-time. FB Pete Johnson (70) is the Manahawkin, N.J., and played at Rutgers University ... Jets RB Bilal Powell, LB Bengals’ all-time leader. James Burgess and WR Josh Bellamy (Reserve/Injured) all played at the ● Bengals S Brandon Wilson has one career kickoff return for a TD, one shy University of Louisville ... Jets LB Tarell Basham played at Ohio University ... S/CB Tremain Mack (two) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. Jets WR Josh Malone (practice squad) was originally a fourth-round draft pick of ● Bengals WR Alex Erickson has 103 career punt returns, 27 shy of CB the Bengals in 2017, and was with Cincinnati through the 2019 preseason ... Lemar Parrish (130) for third place all-time. WR Brandon Tate (153) is the Bengals OT Wyatt Miller (practice squad) was a college free agent signee of the Bengals’ all-time leader. Erickson passed S Tommy Casanova (91) for fifth place Jets in May, and was with the team through the preseason ... Jets LB Avery all-time in Game 3 at Buffalo, and then passed CB Adam Jones (98) for fourth Williamson (Reserve/Injured) played at the University of Kentucky ... Jets place all-time in Game 10 at Oakland. offensive line coach Frank Pollack was offensive line coach for the Bengals in ● Erickson has 792 career punt return yards, 323 shy of Jones (1115) for 2018 ... Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo is from Staten Island, N.Y., fourth place all time. Tate (1411) is the Bengals’ all-time leader. Erickson passed attended Wagner College, and coached at Wagner (1990) and the U.S. Casanova (784) for fifth place all-time in Game 11 vs. Pittsburgh. Merchant Marine Academy (’89-90, ’92-94) ... Bengals linebackers coach Tem ● Erickson has 103 career kickoff returns, 12 shy of FB Eric Ball (115) for Lukabu is from Avenel, N.J., played (2000-03) and coached (’14) at Colgate fifth place all-time.